U.S. Immigration By The Numbers

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Published August 24, 2015 at 1:20 PM EDT

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Queens office on May 30, 2013 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Immigration has been a top issue in the presidential campaign so far, so all this week, Here & Now is looking at the U.S. immigration system, starting first with the numbers.

Host Jeremy Hobson talks with Marc Rosenblum, deputy director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, about immigrants in the U.S. – where they’re coming from and how the demographics – and numbers – have changed over the years.

Interactive map shows unauthorized immigration populations in the U.S.

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Marc Rosenblum, deputy director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute.

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